Job Growth by State
California has the highest Total Jobs in 2025 (18M), followed by Texas (14.3M) and Florida (10M). Wyoming has the lowest (295.4K).
Total Jobs, 2025
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All 51 ranked
Highest first.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Over time · 2023–2025
The top 5 in 2025, against the median.
- Median of all states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
Data
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| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  California | 18M | -11,200 | -0.1% |
| 2 |  Texas | 14.3M | 132,500 | 0.9% |
| 3 |  Florida | 10M | 40,000 | 0.4% |
| 4 |  New York | 10M | 73,900 | 0.7% |
| 5 |  Pennsylvania | 6.3M | 76,600 | 1.2% |
| 6 |  Illinois | 6.2M | -1,700 | — |
| 7 |  Ohio | 5.7M | 54,300 | 1% |
| 8 |  North Carolina | 5.1M | 80,700 | 1.6% |
| 9 |  Georgia | 5M | 7,400 | 0.1% |
| 10 |  Michigan | 4.5M | 33,800 | 0.7% |
| 11 |  New Jersey | 4.4M | 9,000 | 0.2% |
| 12 |  Virginia | 4.3M | -11,700 | -0.3% |
| 13 |  Massachusetts | 3.7M | 1,300 | — |
| 14 |  Washington | 3.7M | -12,200 | -0.3% |
| 15 |  Tennessee | 3.4M | 23,000 | 0.7% |
| 16 |  Indiana | 3.3M | 8,100 | 0.2% |
| 17 |  Arizona | 3.3M | 24,400 | 0.8% |
| 18 |  Minnesota | 3.1M | 34,100 | 1.1% |
| 19 |  Wisconsin | 3.1M | 6,700 | 0.2% |
| 20 |  Missouri | 3.1M | 52,800 | 1.8% |
| 21 |  Colorado | 3M | 23,000 | 0.8% |
| 22 |  Maryland | 2.8M | -12,400 | -0.4% |
| 23 |  South Carolina | 2.4M | 33,600 | 1.4% |
| 24 |  Alabama | 2.2M | 10,900 | 0.5% |
| 25 |  Kentucky | 2.1M | 6,300 | 0.3% |
| 26 |  Louisiana | 2M | 22,900 | 1.2% |
| 27 |  Oregon | 2M | 5,500 | 0.3% |
| 28 |  Oklahoma | 1.8M | 16,400 | 0.9% |
| 29 |  Utah | 1.8M | 20,600 | 1.2% |
| 30 |  Connecticut | 1.7M | -2,200 | -0.1% |
| 31 |  Iowa | 1.6M | 2,700 | 0.2% |
| 32 |  Nevada | 1.6M | -9,000 | -0.6% |
| 33 |  Kansas | 1.5M | -1,400 | -0.1% |
| 34 |  Arkansas | 1.4M | 15,700 | 1.1% |
| 35 |  Mississippi | 1.2M | 9,000 | 0.8% |
| 36 |  Nebraska | 1.1M | -5,000 | -0.5% |
| 37 |  New Mexico | 904.3K | 8,600 | 1% |
| 38 |  Idaho | 885.9K | 9,000 | 1% |
| 39 |  District of Columbia | 739.8K | -32,400 | -4.2% |
| 40 |  West Virginia | 713.8K | -2,300 | -0.3% |
| 41 |  New Hampshire | 705.6K | -6,000 | -0.8% |
| 42 |  Maine | 654.1K | -4,200 | -0.6% |
| 43 |  Hawaii | 653.2K | 7,400 | 1.1% |
| 44 |  Montana | 532.4K | 4,200 | 0.8% |
| 45 |  Rhode Island | 513.1K | -1,400 | -0.3% |
| 46 |  Delaware | 496.1K | 5,300 | 1.1% |
| 47 |  South Dakota | 473.1K | 2,600 | 0.6% |
| 48 |  North Dakota | 449K | -200 | — |
| 49 |  Alaska | 337.9K | -1,400 | -0.4% |
| 50 |  Vermont | 314.2K | 3,000 | 1% |
| 51 |  Wyoming | 295.4K | -600 | -0.2% |
What correlates with Total Jobs (2025)?
Pearson r against 2,073 other state metrics sharing at least 31 states, 19 near-identical series hidden. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Total Jobs tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Total Jobs tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Total Jobs?
- California has the highest Total Jobs in 2025, at 18M, followed by Texas (14.3M) and Florida (10M).
- Which state has the lowest Total Jobs?
- Wyoming has the lowest Total Jobs in 2025, at 295.4K.
- What is the median Total Jobs across US states?
- The median is 2M across the 51 US states with data in 2025.
- Where does this job growth by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: US Bureau of Labor Statistics - Bureau of Labor Statistics.